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单词 toady
释义
toady
noun[C]
disapproving
uk
/ˈtəʊ.di/us
/ˈtoʊ.di/
apersonwhopraisesand isartificiallypleasanttopeopleinauthority, usually inorderto get someadvantagefrom them:
谄媚者，马屁精
Everywhere he goes he issurroundedby anentourageof toadies.
Shostakovich was oftenseenas apoliticaltoady to Stalin.
Synonym
crawler(TRYING TO PLEASE)UKinformaldisapproving
More examples
  • She had her toadies,minorofficialsin Governmentofficeswhoranabout putting through littlejobson herbehalf.
  • Hebecomesaprisonerof what his toadiestellhim.
  • Shecaricaturesthecowardlytoadies whoseviewschangedalong with thepoliticsof thetimes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
  • backhanded compliment
  • bootlicker
  • bow and scrapeidiom
  • crawler
  • creep
  • fawn
  • flummery
  • glad-handing
  • grovel
  • hagiographic
  • idealization
  • massagesomeone'segoidiom
  • obsequious
  • people pleaser
  • play up tosomeone
  • schmooze
  • slobber
  • sycophantic
  • toadying
  • unctuous
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toady
verb[I]
uk
/ˈtəʊ.di/us
/ˈtoʊ.di/
topraiseand beartificiallypleasanttopeopleinauthority, usually inorderto get someadvantagefrom them:
She was always toadyingtotheboss.
Sheimaginedhim in hisgallery, toadying to hisrichclients.
Synonym
crawl(TRY TO PLEASE)UKinformaldisapproving
More examples
  • He wasunusedtopeoplenot toadying to him.
  • They are allgrimlyobsequious, likeboystoadying toteachers.
  • Hespenthisholidaytoadying up torichrelativeson Martha's Vineyard.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
  • backhanded compliment
  • bootlicker
  • bow and scrapeidiom
  • crawler
  • creep
  • fawn
  • flummery
  • glad-handing
  • grovel
  • hagiographic
  • idealization
  • massagesomeone'segoidiom
  • obsequious
  • people pleaser
  • play up tosomeone
  • schmooze
  • slobber
  • sycophantic
  • toadying
  • unctuous
See more results »
(Definition oftoadyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
toady
noun[C]
disapproving
uk
/ˈtəʊ.di/us
/ˈtoʊ.di/
apersonwhopraisesand isartificiallypleasanttopeopleinauthority, usually inorderto get someadvantagefrom them
谄媚者，马屁精

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They have only to humour and placate the individuals involved, fawning and toadying appropriately, and all will be well.
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A common theme was to represent politicians as snakes in the grass or toadies.
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He maintains that his counsel would be unheeded in the court of any prince, since all princes are obsessed with war and self-aggrandizement and surrounded by toadying counsellors.
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They have implied that people could become "toadies" and staff could get too friendly with prisoners.
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It is representative and its members are not toadies.
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If ever there was a running away from facts and a toadying to pressure from the other side, here is an instance of it.
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By their very nature, the people elected as a result of having served the party will be the worst form of toadies.
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They were toadies of the great creatures, adding to their strength and force.
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I am prepared to be as nice andtoady-like as necessary in order to ensure that my constituents and their children get what they deserve.
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It will remain for local party members to decide whether they want people whotoadyand toe the line, or whether they want people who are slightly more independent.
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The back of the pamphlet listed nine men identified as toadies.
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Don'ttoadyto the rich; don't be arrogant to the poor.
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Henchmen in this sense are also sometimes called lackeys, toadies, or mooks (with the latter term more often used for lesser minions of the villain).
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He was also, incidentally, a supremetoady, fraudulent scholar and humbug.
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He appoints curt relatives and toadies without merit or knowledge to important positions without listening to the voice of the people.
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